Smith wins on Biscayne Bay

Steve Girling reports from the Etchells Mid Winter Series

Jud Smith and Henry Frazer dominated the second regatta of the Etchells Mid-Winter series, sponsored by Alpine Jaguar over the weekend of January 10th and 11th on Biscayne Bay, FL. Smith scored 1,2,2,1 and discarded a 10th to win the Sid Doren Memorial Regatta. Phil Garland was second and Robbie Doyle, sailing with sons Tyler and Ethan were third in this 50 boat fleet. Cool and blustery conditions were a feature of Saturday’s racing, but that didn’t stop the class superstars from finding their A-game. Smith scored 1,2 in the first two races whilst Dennis Conner scored 1,3 in races two and three. Phil Garland won the first day with an impressive 3,3,1 score-line.

Sunday’s forecast was for a sunny 20-25 knots, but the first race of the day saw no more than 12 knots. Mike Toppa won the first race convincingly from Smith, whilst Smith won the last race from Steve Girling followed by Garland in spectacular 20+ knot conditions. The race committee excelled throughout this challenging weekend and should be congratulated for their tremendous performance.

Competitors return to the Biscayne Bay Y.C. for the Florida State Championships and Mid-Winters in early February where more than 70 boats are expected to compete for these prestigious titles.

	Boat Name		Owner	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Points
1	Twelve Twenty One	USA 151	Jud Smith	1	2	10	2	1	6
			Henry Frazer
2	Dorado	USA 1070	Phil Garland	3	3	1	4	3	10
3	No Time IV	USA 1233	Robbie Doyle	4	6	9	7	14	26
4	Swedish Blue	GBR 1148	Ante Razmilovic	12	9	4	9	5	27
5	Buzzard	USA 1001	Mike Toppa	18	14	2	1	13	30
6	Lionheart	USA 1200	Steve Girling	6	23	17	6	2	31
7	Menace	USA 1259	Dennis Conner	13	1	3	15	27	32
8	Baguette	USA 1220	Hugh Jones	8	12	27	5	7	32
9	Lucky	USA 1178	Bryon Ehrhart	38	16	14	3	8	41
			Aaron Housten
10	Pied Piper	USA 1261	Tom Piper	5	15	13	22	9	42